The Josephus Group is a silver and gold mine located in Custer county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,799 Feet (2,377 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 44.5467, -115.14110
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Josephus Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Josephus Group
Secondary: Josephus Lake
Secondary: Float Creek Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Idaho
County: Custer
District: Seafoam District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Challis National Forest
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: E. H. Hasbrouck
Owner Name: Hecla Mining Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Salmon River Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAM
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Stains
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE $20 AU AND AG/TON, MOSTLY AG
Analytical Data: ASSAYS FOUND 0.98 OZ AU/TON, 20.25 OZ AG/TON.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): 12 Claims
Comment (Geology): Source of Material Unknown - May Be Glacier Associated
References
Reference (Deposit): Umpleby, J. B., And Livingston, D. C., 1920, A Reconnaissance In South Central Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3, 23 P.
Reference (Deposit): Ross, C. P., 1930, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Seafoam, Alder Creek, Little Smoky, And Willow Creek Mining Districts, Custer And Camas Counties, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33, 26 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1920 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bull. 3
Reference (Deposit): 1930 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 33
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 87-83, 1983, Map No. 32, Appendix.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 64-85, 1985, Table 8, No. 14, P. 135.
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